Sigeric of Essex

Sigeric of Essex (745-798) was the King of Essex from 758 to 798, succeeding Swithred of Essex and preceding Sigered of Essex.

Biography
Sigeric was born in 745 to the House of Offing, and he was from a family of Catholic Anglo-Saxons. Sigeric became king of Essex in 758, and he was dependent on the Kingdom of Mercia, his lords. In 798 he abdicated and made a pilgrimage to Rome, where he died in a monastery.